Judges 19:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He got up early in the morning of the fifth day to leave, but the girl’s father said to him, ‘Please keep up your strength.’ So they waited until late afternoon and the two of them ate.

Cross References

Judges 19:5

On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning and prepared to go, but the girl’s father said to his son-in-law, ‘Have something to eat to keep up your strength  and then you can go.’

Judges 19:7

The man got up to go, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed and spent the night there again.

Judges 19:9

The man got up to go with his concubine and his servant, when his father-in-law, the girl’s father, said to him, ‘Look, night is coming. Please spend the night. See, the day is almost over. Spend the night here, enjoy yourself, then you can get up early tomorrow for your journey and go home.’